‘Jerk’ Carolina Hurricanes surge into first playoff series in a decade Globe_Sports
The Carolina Hurricanes' Trevor van Riemsdyk dunks a basketball during a celebration after the team's win over the Minnesota Wild on March 23, 2019, in Raleigh, N.C.They traded punches with Evander Holyfield. They dunked a basketball on ice. They flopped around like beached whales.
“You never know when you’re going to be back in this situation,” 37-year-old captain Justin Williams said, “because making the playoffs is hard — as people in this area know.”It has been nine seasons since the Hurricanes last skated in a springtime game that mattered. Only two franchises have gone longer between post-season appearances — the Florida Panthers from 2001-11 and the Edmonton Oilers from 2007-16, with each missing the playoffs for 10 straight seasons.
“Guys expect more out of themselves and expect more out of each other,” Williams said. “And when we challenge each other to be better players, that’s the only way to improve as a team.”Each one started with a slow, exaggerated overhead clap and ended with a different skit or activity. They celebrated March Madness by bringing a portable basketball hoop onto the ice and Trevor van Riemsdyk threw down a one-handed dunk .
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